If you're my age,
50+, and were raised in the South you'll recognize the term booger as referring
to a spirit or ghost. The story I heard is that during the late 1800s and early
1900s local farmers brought their corn to Roger's Mill in horse and mule drawn wagons.
Farmers coming from the south would travel along a ridge-hugging path above the
South Fork Broad River. On the climb up a small slope on this path their teams
would balk. The animals would struggle to turn away and often refused to cross the
hill. These weren't skittish creatures. They were mature, work hardened farm
mules and horses that were calm in the harness, at least until they had to cross this
hill. It became common knowledge that the hill was haunted. Many of the farmers
chose the longer route to Roger's Mill to avoid crossing Booger Hill.
